Summit County, Ohio

Founding: 1840
Parent counties: Medina, Portage, and Stark

Named for: The county's elevated terrain
Seat: Akron (1840–)

Land area: 412 square miles

Population (2020): 540,428

Population (historic): 22,560 (1840); 27,344 (1860); 43,788 (1880); 71,715 (1900); 344,131 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1850; 1860–1930; 1940–1970; 1990s

Subdivisions: 13 cities; nine villages; five CDPs; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 49,441 (20.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1940): 5.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1940): 3.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,820
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,402

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,529
Average farm size (1920): 58.5 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, England, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Germany
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Akron

Naming: The Greek word akron ("extreme" or "high point")

Founding: 1825 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 190,469

Population (historic): 1,664 (1840); 10,006 (1870); 42,728 (1900); 255,040 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1825–1930; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 33,669 (34.6%)
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